The Board of Elections mobile app, which the agency has been touting, may have a bug that compel voters to use a provisional ballot.

WAMU reports that one Ward 1 resident found his party affiliation switched from Democrat to No Party after using DCBOE’s app to update his information. In D.C.’s closed primary, that would change his ballot options. So he used a special ballot when he voted early on Saturday.

At-large Councilmember David Grosso said on Twitter that he’s also been hearing from residents whose party affiliation changed.

“The DCBOE was recently made aware that some voters who updated their registration information through the mobile app may have experienced an unintentional change in their party affiliation,” agency acting executive director Terri Stroud said in a statement. “If a voter believes that his or her party affiliation status is listed incorrectly, the voter can cast a special ballot.”

Agency spokesperson Margarita Mikhaylova says that she didn’t have numbers available of how many voters used the Vote4DC app or complained about their party affiliation change, but emphasizes that it shouldn’t stop people from voting. “Voters can still cast a provisional ballot, so no one is getting turned away,” she says.

In her statement, Stroud directed people to visit DCBOE’s website tomorrow to determine whether their special ballot was approved after a review of records.

Incoming DCBOE executive director Alice Miller said yesterday that technology was going to be one of her big focuses when she returns to the agency in July.

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